Broadband Internet : selected availability and cost issues / Kenneth Palmer, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Palmer, Kenneth, editor.

Series:

Internet theory, technology and applications.

Internet Theory, Technology and Applications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet service providers--United States.

Internet service providers.

Broadband communication systems--United States.

Broadband communication systems.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (110 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past two decades, the Internet has had profound and rapidly growing effects on the economy, culture, and social interactions of Americans. Yet more than one in four households in the United States have not adopted broadband technology to access the Internet at home (on a computer, tablet, or mobile device). About 29 percent of households that have not adopted home Internet service cited cost as the primary reason. The number of Internet service providers (ISP) from which consumers can choose varies by speed. This book examines fixed and mobile Internet service providers. It also asses

Contents:

BROADBAND INTERNET: SELECTED AVAILABILITY AND COST ISSUES; BROADBAND INTERNET: SELECTED AVAILABILITY AND COST ISSUES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: COMPETITION AMONG U.S. BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; THE CURRENT STATE OF COMPETITION AMONG BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS; CONCLUSION; TECHNICAL APPENDIX; Chapter 2: BROADBAND AVAILABILITY IN THE WORKPLACE; ABSTRACT; ABOUT THE BROADBAND BRIEFS SERIES; INTRODUCTION; BROADBAND AVAILABILITY AND JOB LOCATION

APPENDIX I: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: SHARES OF JOBSWITH 50MBPS DOWNLOAD SPEEDS OR 6MBPS ORGREATER UPLOAD SPEEDS AVAILABLEAPPENDIX II: TECHNICAL NOTES; Chapter 3: BROADBAND AVAILABILITY BEYOND THE RURAL/URBAN DIVIDE; ABSTRACT; ABOUT THE BROADBAND BRIEFS SERIES; DATA DEFINITIONS USED IN THIS REPORT; BROADBAND AVAILABILITY, URBANIZATION, AND METROPOLITAN LABOR MARKETS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: BROADBAND INTERNET: FCC SHOULDTRACK THE APPLICATION OF FIXED INTERNET USAGE-BASED PRICING AND HELP IMPROVE CONSUMER EDUCATION; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND

ABBREVIATIONS LISTBACKGROUND; MOBILE PROVIDERS EMPLOY USAGE-BASED PRICINGMORE WIDELY THAN FIXED PROVIDERS AND AGREE TOA CODE OF CONDUCT; INTERNET CONSUMERS IN FOCUS GROUPS ACCEPTEDMOBILE USAGE-BASED PRICING, BUT HAD CONCERNSOVER FIXED; THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF USAGE-BASEDPRICING ON CONSUMERS ARE UNCLEAR ANDCOULD DEPEND ON COMPETITION; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 28, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-432-6